North 40 Productions is sharing a ski film they created about Mission Ridge our local ski hill, free of charge for the month of April. Thank you North 40 Productions! This documentary style ski film celebrates the 50th season of...Read More...
Jim Brisbine has been climbing Washington peaks for 40+ years, documenting hundreds of summits and thousands of trail miles in words and pictures. Jim recently went on a backcountry ski outing with Todd, Yoko, and Debra for another quasi-annual installment...Read More...
Editors Note: Tom is someone we have heard a lot about from local athletes. A charismatic, inspiring outdoor adventurer. Hot yoga doer, winter kayaker (along with other seasons), air seeking mountain biker. With the amount of stoke Tom oozes, he...Read More...
Righting a Wrong by Andy Dappen The hour is late. First the uninspiring cloudy weather kept me at home working, ‘You’re not going to see anything,’ the naysaying sightseeing side of me protested. By mid-afternoon it’s late enough (and warm...Read More...
Scottish Lakes High Camp by Elizabeth Dunham It was early October and I had made arrangements for a weekend away with my husband. My mother was going to watch our daughter and we were hoping to go backpacking. However, the...Read More...
Although this story is about a location out of our region, it still holds the true character of long distance treks. Whether near or far.-WenOut Staff The Long Trail by Cedric C. Keith February, 2017 As I remember it, I was...Read More...
Words and photos by Marc Dilley Mark Shaffer and I recently tried out a new climbing sport wall in Tumwater Canyon. The Chameleon Wall is a vertical section of the west side of the popular February Buttress, the first major...Read More...
The Hungate Trail in the Palisades By Jaana Hatton I stumbled across the Hungate Trailhead by surprise on a trip to the Palisades. I had not seen this trail listed anywhere before — online or in guidebooks — but there...Read More...
Hood Meadows by Sunlight and Storm By Andy Dappen “Are you going to make this hill busier than it already is?” Greg Delwiche is not happy to make my acquaintance when he learns I’m a journalist reporting about Mt. Hood...Read More...
Foothill Cautions by Andy Dappen With all this new, low snow it’s hard to resist skiing all manners of slopes that surround us in the foothills. I love skiing the tempting low-lying lines adjacent to Wenatchee when conditions allow....Read More...
